Thursday, November 29, 2007
Opening at Arario Beijing this Saturday, December 1, 5pm. Curious about this one.
Tuesday, November 27, 2007
Went back to the Ullens Center this weekend to take a closer look not just at the ‘85 New Wave exhibition, but also at the facility itself. Both are quite impressive. The exhibition gave me the opportunity to encounter several movements of modern Chinese art that I had yet to experience first hand - films [...]
Monday, November 26, 2007
Why this is I couldn’t say, but Berlin is something of a ping pong mecca. Public parks sport concrete tables while legendary bars like Dr. Pongs feature late night group table tennis debauchery. It’s no surprise, then, that Berlin would be the site of a new movement in table tennis - 3D Ping Pong. Appearing [...]
Monday, November 26, 2007
Did I mention that Andre’s inflatable model of the Berlin TV Tower is now for sale? I helped out with the package design, but haven’t taken any pictures of the final product. Check out the website for more photos and a stunning real-time inflation.
Side note: Andre has also co-authored a recently released book on the [...]
Monday, November 26, 2007
I’m not really too savvy when it comes to real estate speculation, but if I had some cash for a down payment, I might consider buying a place in Beijing’s Pinguo apartment complex. The apartments themselves offer 15 foot high ceilings and proximity to the city’s Central Business District. What makes the location interesting, however, [...]
Monday, November 19, 2007
Set to open in mid-2008, the Contemporary Art Museum of Suzhou will offer close to 30,000sqm of gallery space. Programming for the space is still in development, which is why we hopped on an overnight train from Beijing to meet the museum’s founder and director this weekend. After touring the construction site, I was impressed. [...]
Thursday, November 8, 2007
The Beijing exhibition schedule has certainly become more international in the past year. The latest addition to the roster of “Now in Beijing!” artists is the Clayton Brothers. F2 Gallery will host a reception for the artists on Saturday, Nov 17 3-6pm.
319 Caochangdi (across from Three Shadows Photo Center)
Tuesday, November 6, 2007
Hans Ulrich Obrist has been developing DO IT for the past 14 years. DO IT is a manual that includes projects contributed by several hundred global artists that can be realized by anyone who follows the instructions provided in the book. For the release of a new expanded Chinese language version of the book, HUO [...]
This is why I like PKM: they consistently produce some of the most well-installed exhibitions in Beijing. Arrangement, spacing, tagging, framing, lighting - all of the peripheral elements that go into the display of artwork are given consideration and professionally executed. Contrary to the get-it-on-the-wall-and-out-the-door aesthetic that, unfortunately, plagues some local galleries, PKM’s Beijing outpost [...]
In addition to the global art world arriving for the opening of the Ullens Center, this weekend also saw the opening of The Boiler Room. The Boiler Room is a factory conversion project in the center of old Beijing that looks to become something of an architect’s park in the vein of Shanghai’s Bridge 8. [...]